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14-letter words containing s, u, b, p

  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
  • public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
  • public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
  • public statute — public law (def 1).
  • puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
  • purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
  • putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
  • queens problem — eight queens puzzle
  • raspberry bush — a bush on which raspberries grow
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
  • self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
  • st. petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
  • stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
  • submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • subscribership — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
  • subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
  • support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • suspender belt — garter belt.
  • suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
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